There have been lots of great movies about work–Glengarry Glen Ross, Tin Men, The Help, and Nine to Five for starters–but you’ve probably already seen those, yes? Three worthwhile work-place movies you might’ve missed, however, include: Office Space, a 1999 satire written and directed by Mike Judge, creator of the Milton cartoon series, tells the story of Peter Gibbons, an unhappy computer programmer who is having a premature midlife crisis, at age 28. Unable to […]
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Movies You Might’ve Missed | Defying conventional wisdom
Oliver Stone’s The Untold History of the United States If you’re wondering how a movie made by Oliver Stone could end up on anyone’s “Movies You Might’ve Missed List,” it’s because Stone made this film as a 10-part documentary series for Showtime. And because it tells an unflinching narrative. “The prevailing notions of American ‘altruism, benevolence, and self-sacrifice’ have never been challenged quite so effectively for such a wide audience,” […]
Movies You Might’ve Missed: Dreams of Awakening
NO DOUBT the two best-known movies about “dreaming our reality” are The Matrix and Inception. The Matrix is, of course, about waking up to the fact that we’re sleepwalking through our existence, while Inception portrays the use of lucid dreaming for nefarious purposes—to steal ideas from another’s subconscious, as well as to plant them. Though Inception’s plot is far-fetched and difficult to follow—even the characters have a hard time keeping track […]
The Wonder of Boys
There are so many great movies for and about boys, if for no other reason than most filmmakers are men and make films about what they know. Also, as Michael Gurian points out, “the hero’s journey” is largely a male archetypal myth: it describes the predominantly male imperative to leave home and “find himself”—often through losing himself—prove his mettle, get the “boon” (the treasure, the girl), and return to his […]
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